Complete with a fished-filled trophy and all, see NBC Sports
-
-
Ehm, Ryan Lochte’s sister Megan describing China on Closing Time
Wow, the internets have found this video from a 2008 appearance on a Maryland late night comedy talk show called Closing Time, and they are not happy. See for instance Jezebel, Buzzfeed, NewNowNext and ology
-
This pool is too small for even a baby elephant
Trying to count laps here, but it is difficult, via Arbroath
-
Sport doesn’t care who you are
Also, apparently coaches are the same everywhere, via Google Blog
-
Oh no, our hippo from yesterday died before he could be rescued
Not much rescue about that, Solly the hippo stuck in a South African swimming pool died before the vet arrived, apparently because of the aggravated stress experienced ever since he had been fighting for a position in his herd. Read The Washington Post and News24
-
Girl catches 1000+ pound marlin, but no record since she couldn’t reel it in
Molly Palmer, while competing in the recent Big Island Invitational Marlin Tournament off Kona, Hawaii, joined the exclusive “granders” club after landing a Pacific blue marlin weighing 1,022.5 pounds. It was by far the largest marlin of the tournament and would have earned Palmer an International Game Fish Assn. world record. But after four hours of reeling and gaining no line, she reluctantly agreed to let the crew assist in the catch, disqualifying her from the tournament and record consideration. Read GrindTV and KomoNews
-
What happens when squid listen to Cypress Hill
This video is a view through an 8x microscope zoomed in on the dorsal side of the caudal fin of a squid, being stimulated by electricity produced from the sound of Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain”. See Backyard brains via Buzzfeed
-
CC photo #238: A pretty cool support boat
Used at the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk, owned by the local fire department, looks like a Pioner Multi complete with winch-lowerable bow door.
-
After London, athletes still pushing for Rule 40 change
The London Olympics may be over, but a prominent group of U.S. track and field athletes isn’t letting one of the Games’ hot-button issues fade: the furor over Rule 40, the International Olympic Committee provision which prohibits athletes from promoting non-official sponsors during a period around the Games. Read USA Today